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Devotionals

Strength is a virtue. Whenever things go wrong in our lives we’re told to be strong, to bear up. In the workplace we are told we need strong leadership. In essays and coursework we need to have a strong argument.

"Then Peter went up to him and said, 'Lord, how often must I forgive my brother if he wrongs me? As often as seven times? Jesus answered, 'Not seven, I tell you, but seventy-seven times." (Matthew 18:21-22)

‘Seek the Lord while he may be found, call upon him while he is near… let them return to the Lord, that he may have mercy on them, and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon. For my thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways my ways, says the Lord.’ (Is 55:6-8)

Why are the easiest things to do also sometimes the hardest? You bump into someone in the street and say "Sorry!" (if you're British!). She says "Sorry!", and you've apologised and forgiven each other, and that's that. If only all forgiveness were so easy.

God saw all that was made and behold “it was very good!” And God’s act of creation – renewed daily before our very eyes – is the ongoing and ceaseless outpouring of energy and love that is the essence of all living things.